Its temperament seems to be sanguine, which is just the opposite of the nervous-combative hooded and spectacled cobra species. From Wordnik.com. [The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations] Reference
I now blog at battleoftheants.blogspot.com someone said I seemed "sanguine". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-06-01] Reference
Do you think that as a society, we're kind of sanguine now about space travel?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
I do, however, like the word "sanguine" an awful lot, though when I first encountered it, I thought it couldn't be good. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
The ruddy sweet sanguine is like to air. From Wordnik.com. [Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight] Reference
Laurent's "sanguine" disposition is opposed to Thérèse's "nervous" temperament; both disintegrate into neurosis. From Wordnik.com. [Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference
And they flew apart like two thoughtless little birds ( "sanguine," as. From Wordnik.com. [Tales from Two Hemispheres] Reference
"sanguine" is the red chalk of a drawing as well as one of the adjectives derived from blood (sang). From Wordnik.com. [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference
Animal-rights activists aren't uniformly sanguine. From Wordnik.com. [The Year Of the Dog Spa] Reference
And they're often more sanguine when a case arises. From Wordnik.com. [The Spoils Of War] Reference
Some aid officials and diplomats are less sanguine. From Wordnik.com. [Hunger In The Horn] Reference
Kauffmann is sanguine about time and how to spend it. From Wordnik.com. [Oldest Living Cultural Critic Tells All] Reference
Former railway officials, however, are far less sanguine. From Wordnik.com. [Will Indian Trains Ever Be Safe?] Reference
Not everyone was so sanguine about the shape of the race. From Wordnik.com. [INNER CIRCLE] Reference
Few civil libertarians are sanguine about the Clinton era. From Wordnik.com. [Shot In The Dark] Reference
As for the future of the planet, Dehlsen is less sanguine. From Wordnik.com. [A Mightier Wind] Reference
Washington takes a less sanguine view of Iran's role in Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Iraq: Silence of the Sadrists] Reference
But politics is the art of turning the sanguinary into the sanguine. From Wordnik.com. [Don’t Call Me—I May Call You] Reference
Not everybody in Boston was quite so sanguine about the ballpark scene. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: 'Queer Eye' for the Baseball Guys] Reference
Most seemed sanguine about the deal even if H-P paid a notable premium. From Wordnik.com. [Traders Cash In 3PAR Bets] Reference
So why is our economic outlook more sanguine than the current consensus?. From Wordnik.com. [The Case for Economic Optimism] Reference
"I'm not really sanguine about what we're going to get out of this guy.". From Wordnik.com. [Hunting In The Barren Hills] Reference
Most economists are similarly sanguine about the rising mortgage balances. From Wordnik.com. [Maxed Out] Reference
Lubchenco rejected the sanguine conclusions of a BP restoration consultant. From Wordnik.com. [Oil in gulf is degrading, becoming harder to find, NOAA head says] Reference
Still, the scene in Beirut was enough to rattle even the most sanguine Feds. From Wordnik.com. [The Fox is Hunted Down] Reference
Daniel Trefler, a University of Toronto professor, is sanguine for another reason. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Squeeze] Reference
I am not sanguine about the pretense that college sports is, in any way, amateur hour. From Wordnik.com. [Football Winners, Classroom Flops] Reference
Some workers are less sanguine: unions in several states have filed suit against the Postal Service. From Wordnik.com. [Occupying The Hot Seat] Reference
One telecom analyst was less sanguine: "" I think it's bad enough they call you during suppertime. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Dial-A-Huckster] Reference
As a spectator, I found it easy to be sanguine about the raging Internet intellectual-property debates. From Wordnik.com. [The Day I Got Napsterized] Reference
I'm not sanguine about Hillary's ability to rally the country, when close to half of it implacably dislikes her. From Wordnik.com. [The Theater of Big Change] Reference
I don't know many Democrats who are particularly sanguine about voting for her, and I'm afraid she's going to lose. From Wordnik.com. [Sizing Up The Candidate] Reference
Much of what he's at work on is about the fish market-and he's sanguine about his chances of completing the stories. From Wordnik.com. [The Paragon Of Reporters] Reference
The townspeople, eager for work, were sanguine about the idea, but the state's congressional delegation wouldn't have it. From Wordnik.com. [Development Scheme] Reference
But even by the sanguine standards of Giraldo's partners in crime, the mooted assassination of a DEA field agent sounded like madness. From Wordnik.com. [Colombian Connection] Reference
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